Astroworld

The US has been self-destructive too, with Pluto transiting our Ascendant, but in the case of America, Pluto moves on and we learn how to rebuild something better for ourselves.

There is or should be a RED ALERT for the White House and Congress. On October 14, 2002 Congress placed in the hands of this President a dangerous toy for the delusional. A toy with which they should not have been allowed to play. Congress gave this President the war toy, the “you can go after Iraq Toy and play war anytime.” This gift was handed to GWB when Mars was at the critical 29 degree of Virgo in square to another 29 critical degree of Saturn in Gemini. A BIG MISTAKE, and Congress is beginning to feel the pinch of that mistake. Washington has underestimated the anger of the people.

Mars is now approaching 29 degrees Sagittarius and today Turkey said “not now and maybe never,” some in Congress are beginning to squirm with the knowledge they are about the only body in the world who handed such a dangerous toy of war to a man who never learned the fundamentals of decent play. Congressional Representatives and Senators will ask amongst themselves, “What were we thinking?”

Mars square Saturn can be cruel; Adolph Hitler had this aspect. When Saturn rolls back to 29 degrees Gemini, on June 1st joined by transiting Moon, Congress via the People will have figured out their mistake and by October/November of 2003 they will be scrambling to reassure the voters they really didn’t mean it. {just a side note this 29 Mutable degree also squares Rumsfield’s Solar Arc Pluto – Spain sent a very ego busting message about Rumsfield this week – “Muzzle him.”}

The natal chart of Turkey (Oct. 29, 1923 – 8:30pm – Ankara, Turkey) shows their Moon, representing their people, is at 29 degrees Gemini {Tony Blair’s Solar Arc Sun is at 29 Pisces} The people of Turkey are over 90 percent opposed to this war, and to letting their country be used by those who would make war. The only thing the power of any government fears, any democratic government, is the clout of the people and the Turkish Government has backed down in the face of the people power.

Scratch the surface of the base of Saturn oppression and cruelty, and you’ll find fear. There isn’t a politician corrupt or not who can oppress unless they hold your fear in their hand—and that’s when you give your power away, to government, jobs, or a person. George Bush has successfully tapped into our collective “fears” and is playing all of us like a “fiddle” though those fears. The administration is also “crying wolf” and will do so one too many times.

Kronos, in mythology became Saturn, the God and Star who rules government leaders, VIP’s, executives and petty bureaucrats, and calls attention to and questions one competency to handle “the job.” Saturn at his highest level builds security and foundations. Squandering a country’s economic surplus, wasting a world’s support in time of trouble, getting in the middle of two wars of their making, attempting to build their foundation on fear and pain, doesn’t seem to be a passing grade on competency. Kronos is now at 29 degrees of Gemini, awaiting himself to judge how he has done in making the world secure. Saturn will give these present day bureaucrats their failing marks the first of June as the petty bureaucrats turn a deaf ear to the people. Graduation comes when Saturn goes into Cancer and the bureaucrats find themselves in deep doo doo.

Turkey may not have a choice but to follow the demands of her populace, or pay a terrific political price. Some of the countries opposing this war know their populace isn’t afraid of expressing their passion as we in America (where many become afraid of expressing ours), except when it bursts forth in spite of ourselves, like now.

Spin the wheel again and we have another critical 29 degrees of fixed signs. Uranus is taking his last lap in Aquarius right now, and he falls on America’s progressed Sun and Progressed Mercury; squares the UK’s progressed Mars and Tony Blair’s Jupiter, and Uranus will be back after a brief hello to Pisces. On January 15th & 16th when the world rose up to say a collective NO, Mars was at 29 degrees Scorpio in square to Uranus. Now, the transiting Node of the Moon is marching back from Gemini to Taurus placing the South Node on 29 degrees Scorpio by June 1st.

Coincidentally, serial rape on a massive scale was revealed to have taken place at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This has gone on for such a long time with the women being punished and intimated if and when they spoke up, and is so serious someone even woke up Senator Allard and told him this was his State, and he should do something. The metaphor of years of sexual abuse and rape at a US Academy as it relates to the “rape” of our US Corporations upon the people who built those corporations and the “rape” of our US Government upon another country wasn’t lost on me.

There are BIG problems in the United States of America and we needed this breakdown in order to resurrect into something better. First we have to make the old go away.

We’ve been lied to by all parties for decades, probably from the beginning and we are guilty of accepting the lies. This recent obscenity on our country and people has taken at least 20 years of careful subterfuge, marketing and spin to bring America to this alarming point but here we are and we are now coming alive, but we must face our own delusions about this country. We won’t be able to do it all at once, but we will do it because time, strength, and the luck of the Gods are on our side. In the “Spirit of America” chart (Draconic) Jupiter is at 29 degrees Aquarius. Transiting Uranus, Progressed Sun, and Progressed Mercury are throwing good fortune in the way of the people. Before 2003 is out, a true leader will emerge.

With transiting Uranus sitting on top of the US progressed Mercury, stunning, scandalous, surprising news is rising to the top. Did anyone hear about the US allegedly “bugging” the UN Security Council—anyone remember Watergate? Gosh, we hear this just about one year before Saturn crosses the US and George Bush’s Sun. It took exactly a year for Saturn to hit the US Sun and bring Richard Nixon down 29 years ago. Are all our chickens coming home to roost or what?

And what about the unearthing at Whitehall, that the Thatcher era lost 1 billion dollars of Whitehall’s money in support of Saddam during the 80’s when the US and England were shoring him up. The people of Britain don’t have the “tie” to GWB that Tony Blair seemingly has, and they will not tolerate a continuation of their money seeping out to no win situations in Iraq. Our money is “seeping” out to Iraq now.

There is no money for the states, education, social services, cultural endeavors, health care, domestic security; NO MONEY for domestic programs, but there is seemingly a never ending supply of money for Iraq and war. The very week we were bribing Turkey with $30 billion dollars, the states were told they couldn’t have any money for education.

I believe it is retrograde Jupiter, the ruler of the US ascendant, which is holding up Mr. Bush’s war and giving the people of the United States and the world the opportunity to remember why we don’t trust him. Jupiter doesn’t go direct until April 4th just a couple of days after the April 1st New Moon.

March’s New Moon is in a pretty good aspect to Bush’s Sun. Mars and Uranus sextile each other at “29” degrees, within Sagittarius and Aquarius respectively. Both are inconjunct the New Moon midheaven at 29 degrees Cancer, forming “A Finger of God.” Suddenly and unexpectedly the US and Britain might start pummeling Iraq, but there will be hell to pay.

April Fools Day looks to be difficult for Bush, the United States, Blair, and Britain as the April New Moon is in stress aspect to a ton of planets on all the “willing alliances.” I think they will find themselves remembering the childhood refrain “April Fool has come and past and you’re the biggest fool at last.”

When Jupiter goes direct you can expect the BS to fly, with perhaps this administration determined to “teach us a lesson.” Unfortunately for them, two years of divisive tactics have created opposition toward them from within, and someone in the F.B.I., C.I.A. or the Pentagon will spill the beans. Bush and the band of merry men (and one woman) will be doing damage control for the rest of their administration.

We are three months, well within orb of being affected, of a Solar Eclipse at 9 degrees Gemini on May 31st. That Eclipse sits on the US Uranus and squares GWB’s natal Mars. This Eclipse also falls into Tony Blair’s first house and conjuncts his Solar Arc Neptune and progressed Moon. Mr. Blair may be headed for a change in his personal status. This particular series of eclipses relate to new and sudden creative plans. The US Moon is ruled by Uranus as such relates to the people, our ideas and plans could suddenly take hold and block the Bush team’s end runs. We will see. With Mr. Bush’s Mars ruling his midheaven, the summer will be stressful. Too many bridges have been burnt with too many people here and abroad. With Pluto on Mr. Bush’s South Node we will be treated to the worst of his qualities as he tries to deal with these nerve-racking situations, and Pluto will make sure everyone gets to see his breakdown all through ’03 and ’04.

When all is said and done however, this isn’t about Mr. Bush or what we think he is doing to us. This is about the people of the United States and what we want to be. What do we want to give or share? How do we want to be viewed? Do we want to be an instrument of peace and goodwill (we sing and get all teary eyed over those words at Christmas) or mass destruction putting the whole world at risk?

Once again I say and will continue to say, the United States of America isn’t our political parties, or President, or even that behemoth of a government. The United States of America is the People. It isn’t “their lies” it’s the lies we have allowed ourselves to believe, and we can put a stop to it. The sooner we answer the call for peace and prosperity for all mankind, the faster we will get out of this mess. It was a long road getting us here but we can change it in a twinkling of an eye. It is imperative that we understand that we need to stand up whenever and wherever we can.

While we are restoring balance in America and the World destiny is in our hands.

P.S. Be sure and follow other astrologers, there is so much going on in the Universe right now, affecting so many countries you need a whole court of astrologers to sort it all out. But don’t let any of it frighten you. The United States has experienced horrific things the last 100 years and we are still here because of the courage and strength of the masses.